wire CoreAPI into request context

License: MIT
Signed-off-by: Łukasz Magiera <magik6k@gmail.com>

commands/request.go

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/core"
+	coreapi "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/core/coreapi"
+	coreiface "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/core/coreapi/interface"
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/repo/config"
 
 	"gx/ipfs/QmNueRyPRQiV7PUEpnP4GgGLuK1rKQLaRW7sfPvUetYig1/go-ipfs-cmds"
@@ -22,6 +24,7 @@ type Context struct {
 	config     *config.Config
 	LoadConfig func(path string) (*config.Config, error)
 
+	api           coreiface.CoreAPI
 	node          *core.IpfsNode
 	ConstructNode func() (*core.IpfsNode, error)
 }
@@ -52,6 +55,25 @@ func (c *Context) GetNode() (*core.IpfsNode, error) {
 	return c.node, err
 }
 
+// GetApi returns CoreAPI instance backed by ipfs node.
+// It may construct the node with the provided function
+func (c *Context) GetApi() (coreiface.CoreAPI, error) {
+	if c.api == nil {
+		n, err := c.GetNode()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		c.api = coreapi.NewCoreAPI(n)
+	}
+	return c.api, nil
+}
+
+// NodeWithoutConstructing returns the underlying node variable
+// so that clients may close it.
+func (c *Context) NodeWithoutConstructing() *core.IpfsNode {
+	return c.node
+}
+
 // Context returns the node's context.
 func (c *Context) Context() context.Context {
 	n, err := c.GetNode()